Spirit AI

Summary

About

About Spirit AI

Moz1 uses 26 body degrees of freedom, integrated torque-controlled joints, seven-axis force-position-controlled arms and an omnidirectional wheeled base. Whole-body control links the force-controlled hardware with Spirit’s vision-language-action model for coordinated mobile manipulation.

Spirit collects task demonstrations through teleoperation and its own multidimensional data hardware, allowing rapid iteration of the model. The company has demonstrated office manipulation, clothing handling and factory work and has deployed robots on a CATL battery-production line.

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Articles

05 JUN 2026

Spirit AI’s Fast-Raise Cycle Is Becoming a Stack Race

01 JUN 2026

Robotics developments — 1–5 June 2026

21 MAY 2026

This week in humanoids

06 MAY 2026

Spirit AI is building around the data problem

Products

Deployments

  • Operating use

    2026-02-25 - Spirit AI reported Moz1 agents operating on CATL battery production lines. - named production-line operations - CATL battery production lines

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  • Customer site

    2025-12-18 - SCMP reported CATL deployed Spirit AI's Moz1 humanoid robots at the Zhongzhou battery pack line, describing a factory-floor deployment context. - Moz1 / CATL Zhongzhou battery pack line - CATL Zhongzhou battery pack line

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Livox

    Inbound - Sensing Perception - Livox MID-360 lidar provides SLAM sensing on Spirit AI Moz1

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  • RealSense

    Inbound - Sensing Perception - Two RealSense D405 cameras provide wrist perception on Spirit AI Moz1

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  • RealSense

    Inbound - Sensing Perception - RealSense D455 serves as the head perception camera on Spirit AI Moz1

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  • Contemporary Amperex Technology

    Inbound - Power Systems - CATL batteries power Spirit AI Moz robots deployed on CATL battery production lines

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  • Blue Point Touch

    Inbound - Sensing Perception - Blue Point Touch supplies force/torque sensors to Spirit AI; exact sensor and robot models are undisclosed

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  • Schaeffler AG

    Inbound - Humanoid Robot Components - Schaeffler plans to supply electric lifting columns, sensors and rotary joints for Spirit AI humanoids

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  • Suzhou TZTEK Technology

    Inbound - Compute & Control - TZTEK received an order for humanoid brain domain controllers from Spirit AI

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  • D-Robotics

    Inbound - Compute & Control - Spirit AI adopted D-Robotics Sunrise S600 for embodied-AI computing

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Funding

Investors

  • Shunwei Capital - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-21 - latest 2026-04-07
  • Fortune Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-02-25 - latest 2026-04-07
  • Honghui Fund - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-21 - latest 2026-02-25
  • Qiansheng Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-21 - latest 2026-02-25
  • Yunfeng Capital - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-02-25 - latest 2026-04-07
  • 360 Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Borui Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Chaos Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • China Internet Investment Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • China-Central Healthcare Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Chongqing Industrial Investment Mother Fund - Participant - Strategic Industrial - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Fosun RZ Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Galaxy Yuanhui - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
  • Gengxin Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
  • GF Xinde - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Hangzhou Financial Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Hoxue Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Huatai PCPD Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Huatai Zijin - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • JD.com - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Jingya Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Minghui Zhiyuan - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Oriental Jiafu - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Prosperity7 Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Synstellation Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • TCL Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-25
  • Turing Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
  • Xinding Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
  • Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
  • Zhuhai Sci-Tech Innovation Group - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21

Team

  • Gao Yang - Co-founder and Chief Scientist
  • Han Fengtao - Founder and CEO
  • Zheng Lingyin - Co-founder

Research

  • Spirit AI releases Spirit v1.5 model weights and evaluation code

    2026-01-12 - Research Publication - The release included the foundation-model weights, benchmark-specific weights and code for independently reproducing evaluation results. Spirit v1.5 ranked first overall on RoboChallenge Table30; its unified architecture combines vision, language and action generation. Training emphasized diverse, goal-driven interactions that include skill transitions and recovery behavior.

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Timeline

Events

  • 2026-06-03 - Funding - Spirit AI raises CNY 1.5B at approximately CNY 20B valuation

    The Series A+ supplied CNY 1.5 billion for embodied foundation-model development, real-world data infrastructure and commercial deployment. Spirit AI completed four financing rounds between February and June 2026, raising nearly CNY 5 billion across the sequence. Reporting after the Series A+ placed the company's valuation at approximately CNY 20 billion.

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  • 2026-06-03 - Partnership - Schaeffler and Spirit AI sign strategic cooperation agreement for embodied intelligence

    Schaeffler and Spirit AI signed a strategic cooperation agreement on June 3, 2026. The cooperation covers embodied-intelligence data collection, humanoid robot core components and industrial-scenario applications. The agreement supports deployment and industrialization of embodied large-model and humanoid robot technologies in advanced manufacturing.

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  • 2026-06-03 - Funding - Spirit AI raises RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing for embodied robot foundation models

    Spirit AI completed a RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing round on June 3, 2026. Spirit v1.6 ranked first on the North American RoboArena benchmark, ahead of NVIDIA Cosmos3. The round adds to Spirit AI funding context around embodied intelligence, VLA models, real-world interaction data and robot brains.

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  • 2026-05-06 - Partnership - Spirit AI and Bosch China partner on embodied-intelligence deployment

    Spirit AI and Bosch China signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote large-scale deployment of embodied intelligence. The companies will collaborate on robot data acquisition and model training using Bosch factories and logistics centers in China over the next two years. Bosch will also supply Spirit AI with core robot components including actuators and sensors to support product development, engineering validation and mass-production readiness.

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  • 2026-04-07 - Funding - Spirit AI closes new RMB 1 billion financing round co-led by Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital

    Spirit AI announced a new RMB 1 billion financing round, with Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital named as co-lead investors. Additional support in the round was reported from Fortune Capital, Galaxy Yuanhui, Turing Fund, Xinding Capital, and Gengxin Capital. The raise followed the company's earlier nearly RMB 2 billion financing disclosed in February 2026, extending a rapid capital formation burst around its embodied-intelligence platform.

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  • 2026-03-19 - Partnership - Spirit AI and JD partner on retail embodied intelligence

    Moz robots began coffee-making demonstrations and service in JD MALL stores using JoyAI and JoyInside with remote operators. The partners plan joint embodied-training datasets and expansion into pharmacy sorting and dispensing, store guidance and cleaning.

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  • 2026-02-25 - Funding - Spirit AI reports US$280M across two consecutive rounds

    The amount covers two consecutive financings and is not treated as one conventional round cheque. New and strategic backers included Yunfeng Capital, Chaos Investment, Synstellation Capital, TCL Venture Capital, Minghui Zhiyuan, Chongqing Industrial Investment Mother Fund, Hangzhou Financial Investment, 360 Fund and Hoxue Capital. Spirit AI said existing shareholders including Shunwei Capital, Prosperity7, Fortune Capital, Borui Capital, Honghui Fund, Huatai Zijin, Oriental Jiafu, Qiansheng Capital and GF Xinde increased their investments.

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  • 2026-01-12 - Research Publication - Spirit AI releases Spirit v1.5 model weights and evaluation code

    The release included the foundation-model weights, benchmark-specific weights and code for independently reproducing evaluation results. Spirit v1.5 ranked first overall on RoboChallenge Table30; its unified architecture combines vision, language and action generation. Training emphasized diverse, goal-driven interactions that include skill transitions and recovery behavior.

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  • 2025-12-18 - Deployment - Spirit AI's Moz robots start large-scale battery-line work at CATL

    Moz works in EOL and DCR final functional testing before battery packs leave the line. Its vision-language-action model adjusts posture and force for changing insertion points and flexible wiring harnesses. Spirit AI reports insertion success above 99% and triple the daily workload across multiple battery models.

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  • 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly CNY 600M in Pre-A+ funding led by JD.com

    China Internet Investment Fund, Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund, Huatai PCPD Investment and Fosun RZ Capital participated. Existing investors Shunwei Capital, China-Central Healthcare Fund, Zhuhai Sci-Tech Innovation Group, Qiansheng Capital, Jingya Capital and Honghui Fund increased their stakes. Spirit AI said the financing would support VLA-model development, hardware upgrades and industrial deployment; Gaohu Capital advised the round.

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  • 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly 600 million RMB in Pre-A+ funding round

    • Spirit AI secured nearly 600 million RMB in a Pre-A+ funding round led by JD.com, with participation from China Internet Investment Fund, Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund, Huatai PCPD Investment, and Fosun RZ Capital. • Multiple existing investors, including Shunwei Capital and China-Central Healthcare Fund, increased their stakes. • Gaohu Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor for this round.

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Notes

Profile notes

  • Spirit AI’s robot-brain roadmap rests on large-scale human data collection

    reviewed 2026-09-18 - Spirit AI trains its humanoid robot brains on real-world motion data gathered by people rather than in simulation. As of September 2026 the company said it employed around 1,000 contractors across China using wearable data-collection equipment in households and on production lines, and its Beijing offices include a robot data training centre where staff repeatedly carried out household tasks to generate training data. The company says more varied data improved its models faster than clean repeated motions. Co-founder and chief scientist Gao Yang said robot brains face a data bottleneck and that an industry breakthrough comparable to GPT-3.0 could arrive around mid-2027, with home deployment at least eight years away. The company reported a 90% success rate for simple tasks in structured living-room environments.

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Relations

Relationships

  • Bosch (China) Investment Ltd.

    Deployment Partner - Bosch China will provide factory and logistics scenarios in China for Spirit AI robot data acquisition, model training, and industrial deployment.

  • Bosch

    Embodied Intelligence Partnership - Spirit AI and Bosch China partner on embodied-intelligence deployment

  • D-Robotics

    Embodied AI Platform Partnership - Spirit AI and D-Robotics partner on an integrated embodied-AI stack combining Spirit v1.5 with the Sunrise S600 computing platform.

  • JD.com

    Partner - Spirit AI and JD.com collaborate on retail robot customization, technology, store scenarios and joint marketing through 2029.